Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Answers for August 2 [CNET]

Here are the answers for the NYT Mini Crossword for August 2.

The New York Times Crossword Puzzle is legendary. But if you don’t have that much time, the Mini Crossword is an entertaining substitute. The Mini Crossword is much easier than the old-school NYT Crossword, and you probably can complete it in a couple of minutes. But if you’re stuck, we’ve got the answers.

The Mini Crossword is far from alone in the Times’ stable of games. Our home page also always has the answers for Wordle, Connections and Strands.

Let’s get at those Mini Crossword clues and answers.

Mini across clues and answers

1A clue: Orion’s ___ (giant waist of space?)
Answer: BELT

5A clue: Sides in a historic tennis “battle.”
Answer: SEXES

6A clue: You might really feel this in your core.
Answer: PLANK

7A clue: “___ well that ends well!.”
Answer: ALLS

8A clue: W.S.J. or WaPo competitor.
Answer: NYT

Mini down clues and answers

1D clue: What’s visible when wearing a crop top.
Answer: BELLY

2D clue: Glorify.
Answer: EXALT

3D clue: Monocle’s middle.
Answer: LENS

4D clue: “Shame, shame!” clicking sound.
Answer: TSK

5D clue: Reach across.
Answer: SPAN

How to play more Mini Crosswords

The New York Times Games section offers a large number of online games, but only some of them are free for all to play. You can play the current day’s Mini Crossword for free, but you’ll need a subscription to the Times Games section to play older puzzles from the archives.